Cretan Wine Routes

This intense and wine-soaked tour will take you to the Central Crete - the island’s oldest and prime winemaking region with a picturesque landscape and well-established winemaking tradition. The range of Crete’s unique local varieties and quality wines produced in Central Crete have gained a reputation well beyond the island. Vidiana, for instance, is Crete’s flagship white wine while blend of indigenous Kotsifali - Mantilari variety is one of the most popular Cretan blends of red wines produced in the region. That’s just the beginning … Our expert guide will accompany you in this wine journey, introduce to some the islands’s best wine producers and some of the renowned wines of Crete. Lunch in a rustic, traditional lunch in a family-owned tavern of the village (including the explanation about the local diet and traditional dishes) accompanied by house wine - the results of domestic vinification, a most widespread tradition among Cretan households.​

Highlights of the Tour

Discover how 3 different family-owned wineries organize and approach the wine making. Visit the wine cellars and us the opportunity to ask any question about the wine that interests you!

Gain an insight into the winemaking on Crete – its history, tradition and current state of art.

Taste 15 different wines from the unique local varieties as well as the Cretan version of world-renowned grape varieties. The tasting is accompanied by traditional cheese and rusks.